#3CA496#3CA496

#3CA496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.097 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA496
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -33.10, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 33.14, 182.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.097 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.097 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6414, 29.7114, 33.4953)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA496 #A43C4A

analogous

#3CA462 #3CA496 #3C7EA4

triadic

#3CA496 #963CA4 #A4963C

tetradic

#3CA496 #623CA4 #A43C4A #7EA43C

square

#3CA496 #623CA4 #A43C4A #7EA43C

split-complementary

#3CA496 #A43C7E #A4623C

monochromatic

#1B4A44 #2C776D #3CA496 #5AC3B5 #87D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3CA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#3CA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA496

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA496	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.097 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfb4',
    500: '#3ca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca496;
$custom-light: #7ebfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65518,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA496

secondary

#BD7E87

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA496

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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